School life expectancy, primary, female in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: School life expectancy, primary, female was 7.22 years in 2010. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, female in Nicaragua, 1970–2010
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2010, school life expectancy, primary, female in Nicaragua stood at 7.22 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Nicaragua peaked at 7.36 years in 2006 and was at its lowest, 4.08 years, in 1970.
That places Nicaragua 24th out of 197 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.46 years | 4.08 years | 4.81 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 5.52 years | 5.35 years | 5.68 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 5.89 years | 5.47 years | 6.27 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.99 years | 6.31 years | 7.36 years | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.22 years | 7.22 years | 7.22 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 21 Nauru 7.26 years compare
- 22 British Virgin Islands 7.25 years compare
- 23 Botswana 7.23 years compare
- 25 Saint Lucia 7.22 years compare
- 26 Zambia 7.13 years compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 7.08 years compare
More reference data data for Nicaragua
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.09 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.334 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2273 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Consumer price index 226.4 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.7081 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.5762 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Democracy 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 6 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Nicaragua?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Nicaragua was 7.22 years in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 7.36 years in 2006.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.08 years in 1970.
- How does Nicaragua rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Nicaragua ranks 24th out of 197 countries with data for 2010.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.